Comparison

Pixelvale vs Wormy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pixelvale

Solve logic puzzles to reveal pixel art and build a charming valley. Enjoy a relaxing experience with no timers or pressure, and watch your world grow across seasons. Support development through optional donations.

Highlights
  • Solve logic nonogram puzzles
  • Build a growing pixel art valley
  • Experience seasonal changes
  • Relaxed gameplay with no timers
  • Offline play
  • Hand-drawn pixel art
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Pixelvale is a cozy nonogram game: solve elegant logic puzzles and bring a little valley to life, pixel by pixel. Every puzzle you solve reveals a hand-painted piece of pixel art—an apple tree, the bakery, a villager—and adds it to your world. So a living valley slowly grows out of pure logic puzzles, transforming across four seasons. RELAXED PUZZLING Nonograms (also known as picross or griddlers) are elegant logic puzzles: use the numbers along the edges to work out which cells must be filled. No luck, no time pressure—just you and a calm, satisfying flow of thinking. A WORLD THAT GROWS You don't come back to "Puzzle #47"—you return to your valley. Each picture has its own fixed place on the map. Season by season the mood shifts—from blooming spring to quiet winter. FREE AND FAIR • Completely free to play • No ads • No energy system, no timers, no nagging If you enjoy Pixelvale, you can support development with a voluntary donation—entirely optional. It unlocks no content: you always have the whole game. FREE PLAY Want more? In Free Mode you can solve as many random nonograms as you like, in grid sizes from 5×5 to 25×25—perfect for a short break or a long evening of puzzling. MADE WITH CARE • Hand-drawn pixel art, no stock material • Warm, modern interface with subtle haptic feedback • Native iOS app: launches instantly, runs on older iPhones, fully playable offline • Available in English and German Pixelvale is a calm place to keep coming back to. Grab a puzzle, fill in a few cells—and watch your valley bloom.

About

Wormy

Navigate a gravity-bound grid world as a segment-based worm. Solve logic puzzles by pushing rocks, activating mechanisms, and collecting items to find the exit. Beware of obstacles that can divide your worm, requiring coordinated control of multiple segments.

Highlights
  • Logic puzzle gameplay
  • Physics and gravity mechanics
  • Interactive level elements (buttons, gates, eggs)
  • Level editor for custom challenges
  • Hand-crafted levels
  • Minimalist art style
Features
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Wormy is a clever logic puzzle game that challenges your spatial awareness and problem-solving skills in a gravity-bound grid world. Navigate through narrow underground burrows, gather apples, and find your way to the exit. Guide your segment-based worm through increasingly complex mazes where physics dictate every move. Push heavy rocks out of the way, step on buttons to open locked gates, and safely deliver fragile eggs to their nests. Watch out for sharp scissors that can cut your worm segment by segment, dividing your body into multiple worms that you must coordinate and control. Features: - Hand-Crafted Levels: Progress through a series of unique, logic-driven puzzle challenges. - Interactive Mechanics: Leverage buttons, gates, keys, locks, spikes, and nesting eggs to clear your path. - Physics & Gravity: Move rocks and eggs carefully, keeping in mind that unsupported objects will fall. - Built-in Level Editor: Design your own custom levels, playtest them instantly, and export them. - Premium Art Style: Enjoy a minimalist, beautifully themed hand-drawn earth aesthetic. Can you wiggle your way out?

Screenshots

Pixelvale4 screens
Wormy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixelvale at 67% against Wormy's 0%. Pixelvale also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). Wormy's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pixelvale sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Wormy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wormy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Pixelvale's written reviews are positive against 0% of Wormy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixelvale ships an update weekly, Wormy every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Pixelvale versus Wormy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixelvaleWormy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYves KopmannMichel Morcos

Customer experience

Pixelvale

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Wormy

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Pixelvale

One-time4
  • Small Thank-You$0.99
  • Coffee for the Valley$1.99
  • A Generous Round$2.99
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  • Grand Gesture$3.99
None

Wormy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixelvale free?
Pixelvale is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wormy free?
Wormy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pixelvale or Wormy?
Wormy is rated higher. Pixelvale averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Wormy averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Pixelvale or Wormy have ads?
Wormy shows ads; Pixelvale does not.
Which is updated more often, Pixelvale or Wormy?
Pixelvale ships an update weekly, and Wormy every 4 days. Most recently, Pixelvale was updated on October 14, 2026 and Wormy on October 15, 2026.

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